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    Google Chrome OS unveiled: Speed, simplicity stressed 20/11/2009 08:07:00

    Thursday Google opened its doors to the press to show off its hotly anticipated Chrome operating system. In a small auditorium in Mountain View, California, Google VP of Product Development Sundar Pichai took to the stage to give us a demonstration of what Chrome OS actually is. Some rumors were confirmed, others dispelled, as the operating system emerged into the light of day. Here's what we now know about Google's Chrome OS.
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    Hands on with the Dell Mini 3i smartphone 20/11/2009 08:05:00

    The first Dell Mini 3i smartphone to go on sale anywhere in the world will be available in China this December for 4800 Chinese yuan (US$704) without a mobile phone contract, China Mobile representatives said Thursday.
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    Google goes for speed, security in Chrome OS 20/11/2009 07:42:00

    Google released its Chrome operating system to the open-source community on Thursday and said it has designed the netbook OS to be faster, simpler and more secure than existing ones.
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    Google's Chrome may shift the OS landscape 20/11/2009 01:43:00

    Google is hosting an event today to offer the first official glimpse at the Chrome operating system. Chrome has ignited enthusiasm in an operating system market that has been largely stagnant for years. Google may succeed in shaking things up a bit.
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    US Federal government using PS3 to crack pedophile passwords 19/11/2009 12:11:00

    US Federal officials have put the PS3 to work breaking passwords on computer equipment confiscated from suspected child pornographers, according to a story released on the Scripps Howard Foundation wire. (When Sony said the PS3 'only does everything', they weren't kidding!)
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    Moblin 2.0 19/11/2009 10:20:00

    Launched two years ago by Intel and now hosted by The Linux Foundation, Moblin is a Linux platform aimed at netbooks and mobile internet devices.
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    Google Chrome OS: rounding up the rumors 19/11/2009 08:22:00

    Google Chome OS, which Google is expected to preview this Thursday, has been the subject of much speculation and rumors since its announcement last summer, when Google made public its plans to develop a lightweight, open-source Linux-based OS aimed primarily at netbooks. Ever since, a series of fake screenshots and speculation as to what Chrome will offer has bombarded the Web.
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    Netbooks in the enterprise: Get ready 19/11/2009 07:15:00

    Netbooks in the enterprise are coming, some observers believe. And whether it takes a year or five for netbooks to catch on in Corporate America, it behooves IT managers to get ready sooner rather than having to clean up a mess later on.
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    Microsoft unveils Office 2010 public beta 19/11/2009 06:56:00

    As expected, Microsoft today launched its first public beta of Office 2010, posting the preview for download on its Web site.
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    VMware Fusion 3 18/11/2009 15:30:00

    Almost overnight, running Windows on a Mac became a viable option when Apple adopted Intel processors in 2006. As well as installing Windows directly onto a separate disk partition, allowing you to work natively in Windows, virtualization software packages appeared that enabled the simultaneous use of Windows from within Mac OS X - and all without rebooting.
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    HP pushes thin clients with new hardware, tools 17/11/2009 16:09:00

    Hewlett-Packard is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday.
 
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